I bought my Duo thinking it was waterproof - it is not. It does has seals, so at least it tries to be waterproof - perhaps with enough silicon grease it would be. At least when water got in to the head, nothing was really affected as there's no "electronics" in it.
-WaV On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Mallory Mayeux <mmay...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks everyone! It's nice to see lively discussion on Cavetex...it's been > eerily quiet since David left. > > I currently have a Princeton Apex Tec, which is nice, especially for the > price, but I think it's time for a brighter light. Roger Moore has very > generously offered to loan me his new Sten until I upgrade, but I wanted to > start getting opinions because discussing gear is so fun. :) I've seen > several cavers with the Duo, so thanks for the insight. Waterproof is > important for me, since I don't want to have to switch out lights between > water and dry caves. > > I think my current plan is to go ahead and save up for a Sten, unless I see > a Petzl Duo on some sort of super-sale somewhere. > > -Mallory >
